Dish
ca.1635-1655 (made)
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This large dish was produced at the Jingdezhen kilns in southern China, and represents a typical example of the export ware known as kraak. This was the first porcelain to be mass-produced for export from the second half of the 16th century until about 1650. The term kraak is Dutch, and referred either to a Portuguese cargo ship, called 'carrack', or to chimney shelves where porcelain objects were put on display.
This dish is decorated with panels radiating from a central medallion, a characteristic pattern of kraak ware, particularly popular between 1575 and 1650. The stylised tulips on the rim are instead inspired to European decorative styles.
This dish is decorated with panels radiating from a central medallion, a characteristic pattern of kraak ware, particularly popular between 1575 and 1650. The stylised tulips on the rim are instead inspired to European decorative styles.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue with figures and flowers, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1635-1655 |
| Physical description | Large porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene depicting a lady with two young boys on a terrace; round the scene is a scroll of stylised leaves and foliage. On the rim are eight large panels radiating from the centre and decorated with stylised tulips, plum blossoms, and figures in a landscape, including a peasant and a scholar, alternated with narrower panels containing flower sprays of tulips, carnations, stylised lilies and plum blossoms. |
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| Gallery label | Dish
Porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue
Figures and flowers
About 1635-1655
Vacher Gift(1987) |
| Credit line | Given by S.Vacher |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This large dish was produced at the Jingdezhen kilns in southern China, and represents a typical example of the export ware known as kraak. This was the first porcelain to be mass-produced for export from the second half of the 16th century until about 1650. The term kraak is Dutch, and referred either to a Portuguese cargo ship, called 'carrack', or to chimney shelves where porcelain objects were put on display. This dish is decorated with panels radiating from a central medallion, a characteristic pattern of kraak ware, particularly popular between 1575 and 1650. The stylised tulips on the rim are instead inspired to European decorative styles. |
| Bibliographic reference | Clunas, Craig (ed.). Chinese Export Art and Design. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987, p. 38, fig. 16. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.457-1918 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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